The Drew Barrymore Show

The program features a diverse array of human-interest stories, celebrity guests, lifestyle segments, and field pieces.{{Cite news |title=The Drew Barrymore Show |work=ViacomCBS Press Express |url=https://www.viacomcbspressexpress.com/cbs-television-distribution/shows/the-drew-barrymore-show/about |url-status=live |access-date=October 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809122238/https://www.viacomcbspressexpress.com/cbs-television-distribution/shows/the-drew-barrymore-show/about |archive-date=August 9, 2020}}{{Cite web |title=The Drew Barrymore Show |url=https://wornontv.net/the-drew-barrymore-show/drew-barrymore/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128062150/https://wornontv.net/the-drew-barrymore-show/drew-barrymore/ |archive-date=November 28, 2020 |access-date=November 20, 2020 |website=WornOnTV}}{{Cite web |title=DREW BARRYMORE SHOW |url=https://www.shopyourtv.com/drew-barrymore-show/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118044153/https://www.shopyourtv.com/drew-barrymore-show/ |archive-date=November 18, 2020 |access-date=November 20, 2020 |website=ShopYourTV}}{{Cite news |last=Alter |first=Rebecca |date=September 16, 2020 |title=Drew Barrymore Talking About Snake Eggs Will Either Ruin or Make Your Day |work=Vulture |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/09/drew-barrymores-show-absurd-news-segment.html |url-status=live |access-date=October 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005060450/https://www.vulture.com/2020/09/drew-barrymores-show-absurd-news-segment.html |archive-date=October 5, 2020}}

Barrymore shot a pilot for the show in New York City in August 2019,{{Cite news |last=Littleton |first=Cynthia |date=August 15, 2019 |title=Drew Barrymore Shoots Talk Show Pilot for CBS Television Distribution (EXCLUSIVE) |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/drew-barrymore-talk-show-pilot-cbs-1203303944/ |url-status=live |access-date=October 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107234646/https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/drew-barrymore-talk-show-pilot-cbs-1203303944/ |archive-date=November 7, 2020}} aiming for a fall 2020 launch. Barrymore had previously circled a talk show deal with Warner Bros.' Telepictures in 2016,{{Cite news |last=Littleton |first=Cynthia |date=June 28, 2016 |title=Drew Barrymore Eyes Talk Show Pact With Warner Bros. |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/drew-barrymore-talk-show-deal-warner-bros-tv-1201801706/ |url-status=live |access-date=October 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108114213/https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/drew-barrymore-talk-show-deal-warner-bros-tv-1201801706/ |archive-date=November 8, 2020}} but a pilot never came to fruition, in part because of a lukewarm response from prospective station groups at the time.

Barrymore debuted several digital series{{Cite news |last=Saad |first=Nardine |date=July 30, 2020 |title=Watch Drew Barrymore interview 7-year-old self for new talk show |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-07-30/drew-barrymore-show-interview-johnny-carson |url-status=live |access-date=October 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101141158/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-07-30/drew-barrymore-show-interview-johnny-carson |archive-date=November 1, 2020}} in the lead-up to her broadcast debut that included "The Making of the Drew Barrymore Show"{{Cite news |date=September 8, 2020 |title='The Drew Barrymore Show' Launches Behind The Scenes Digital Docu-Series Ahead Of September 14 Debut |work=CBS New York |url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/09/08/the-drew-barrymore-show-docu-series/ |url-status=live |access-date=October 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031211201/https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/09/08/the-drew-barrymore-show-docu-series/ |archive-date=October 31, 2020}} and conversations with talk-show hosts who have inspired her in "The Art of the Interview."{{Cite news |date=September 4, 2020 |title=THE ART OF THE INTERVIEW WITH DREW BARRYMORE |work=WCIU, The U |url=https://www.wciu.com/articles/the-art-of-the-interview-with-drew-barrymore-and-gayle-king |url-status=live |access-date=October 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103222303/https://www.wciu.com/articles/the-art-of-the-interview-with-drew-barrymore-and-gayle-king |archive-date=November 3, 2020}} This particular series included Barrymore's conversations with Gayle King, Andy Cohen, Jimmy Fallon, Whoopi Goldberg, and Sean Evans.

Barrymore also launched "Drew's Movie Nite", in which she would invite fans to join her in a live Twitter watch party. The series kicked off on July 30, 2020, with the Nickelodeon broadcast of the 1997 film Good Burger.{{Cite news |last=Pasquini |first=Maria |date=July 30, 2020 |title=Drew Barrymore Is Hosting a Good Burger 'Movie Nite' — and She'll Be Cooking! |work=People |url=https://people.com/movies/drew-barrymore-hosting-good-burger-movie-night-nickelodeon/ |url-status=live |access-date=October 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031100915/https://people.com/movies/drew-barrymore-hosting-good-burger-movie-night-nickelodeon/ |archive-date=October 31, 2020}} Also featured in the interview were the stars of Good Burger, Kel Mitchell and Kenan Thompson.

The next edition of "Drew's Movie Nite" was the Nickelodeon broadcast of The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water{{Cite news |date=September 7, 2020 |title='The Drew Barrymore Show' Hosts 'The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water' Live Viewing Party on Thursday, September 3 |work=NickALive! |url=http://nickalive.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-drew-barrymore-show-to-host.html |url-status=live |access-date=October 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106192246/http://nickalive.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-drew-barrymore-show-to-host.html |archive-date=November 6, 2020}} from 2015 on September 3, 2020. This time, Barrymore interviewed the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants, Tom Kenny and the voice of Patrick Star, Bill Fagerbakke. The third edition of "Drew's Movie Nite", this time aired on CBS on October 25, 2020, and was the 1996 film Scream{{Cite news |last=Furdyk |first=Brad |date=October 22, 2020 |title=Drew Barrymore To Host 'Drew's Movie Nite' Presentation Of 'Scream', Reveals What Her Character Would Be Doing Had She Survived |work=ET Canada |url=https://etcanada.com/news/705435/drew-barrymore-to-host-drews-movie-nite-presentation-of-scream-reveals-what-her-character-would-be-doing-had-she-survived/ |url-status=dead |access-date=October 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101023457/https://etcanada.com/news/705435/drew-barrymore-to-host-drews-movie-nite-presentation-of-scream-reveals-what-her-character-would-be-doing-had-she-survived/ |archive-date=November 1, 2020}} starring Barrymore. "Drew's Movie Nite" returned on September 5, 2021, with the CBS broadcast of School of Rock.{{Cite news |date=August 18, 2021 |title="School of Rock" Super-Fan Drew Barrymore to Host the "CBS Sunday Night Movie" Broadcast of the Blockbuster Comedy on Sept. 5 |work=The Futon Critic |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2021/08/18/school-of-rock-super-fan-drew-barrymore-to-host-the-cbs-sunday-night-movie-broadcast-of-the-blockbuster-comedy-on-sept-5-235110/20210818cbs01/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230917023425/http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2021/08/18/school-of-rock-super-fan-drew-barrymore-to-host-the-cbs-sunday-night-movie-broadcast-of-the-blockbuster-comedy-on-sept-5-235110/20210818cbs01/ |archive-date=September 17, 2023}}

The show was launched in fall 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. The launch took place with a small crew at the CBS Broadcast Center in Midtown Manhattan, with pandemic-related rules and precautions. Instead of an in-person audience, members of a virtual crowd would be beamed in via a platform called Audience From Anywhere and projected on a large display behind Barrymore. Meanwhile, guests who live on the West Coast have the option to appear via green-screen and sit across from the host.{{Cite news |last=Weiss |first=Norman |date=September 14, 2020 |title=Watch The Drew Barrymore Show make it appear that the Charlie's Angels stars are all in one room |work=Primetimer |url=https://www.primetimer.com/item/Watch-The-Drew-Barrymore-Show-make-it-appear-that-the-Charlies-Angels-stars-are-all-in-one-room-BRSYL2 |url-status=live |access-date=October 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029185701/https://www.primetimer.com/item/Watch-The-Drew-Barrymore-Show-make-it-appear-that-the-Charlies-Angels-stars-are-all-in-one-room-BRSYL2 |archive-date=October 29, 2020}}{{Cite news |last=Nicolaou |first=Elena |date=November 17, 2020 |title=Drew Barrymore is stunned Oprah Winfrey used her show for inspiration to film a virtual interview with Barack Obama |work=Oprah Magazine |url=https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/a34692636/oprah-barack-obama-interview-technology/ |url-status=live |access-date=November 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118134638/https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/a34692636/oprah-barack-obama-interview-technology/ |archive-date=November 18, 2020}}{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=Kelby |date=November 2, 2020 |title=CBS VFX developed a revolutionary visual effects technology to bring a premium daytime TV experience to viewers of the talk show. |work=ViacomCBS |url=https://www.viacomcbs.com/news/content-and-experiences/the-visual-effects-secret-behind-the-drew-barrymore-show |url-status=live |access-date=November 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127075021/https://www.viacomcbs.com/news/content-and-experiences/the-visual-effects-secret-behind-the-drew-barrymore-show |archive-date=November 27, 2020}}

Barrymore also fought hard to have the show be produced live{{Cite news |last=Wagmeister |first=Elizabeth |date=November 19, 2020 |title=Drew Barrymore on Her Talk Show's Evolution, Keeping Her Home Life Private & Exploring the Journey to True Happiness |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/the-drew-barrymore-show-pandemic-talk-show-1234835054/ |url-status=live |access-date=November 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122105850/https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/the-drew-barrymore-show-pandemic-talk-show-1234835054/ |archive-date=November 22, 2020}}{{Cite news |last=Zaragoza |first=Alex |date=December 14, 2020 |title=Why Is It So Cringey When Drew Barrymore Says 'Dope'? |work=Vice |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k944z/why-is-it-so-cringey-when-drew-barrymore-says-dope |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112011556/https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k944z/why-is-it-so-cringey-when-drew-barrymore-says-dope |archive-date=January 12, 2021}} at 9 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time. According to Barrymore, she thought it would be appropriate to be doing this where she could speak to the moment rather than risk being a day or two old. Barrymore added that the type of energy when the show came out could be totally unattached. Barrymore also argued against doing a home-based show amid the pandemic.

In December 2020, the show appointed Eitan Bernath as the Principal Culinary Contributor.{{Cite web |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=December 9, 2020 |title=TikTok Star Eitan Bernath Joins 'Drew Barrymore Show' as Principal Culinary Contributor (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/tiktok-eitan-bernath-drew-barrymore-show-1234849416/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202153852/https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/tiktok-eitan-bernath-drew-barrymore-show-1234849416/ |archive-date=December 2, 2022 |access-date=December 2, 2022 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=December 9, 2020 |title='The Drew Barrymore Show' Taps TikTok Star Eitan Bernath As Principal Culinary Contributor |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2020/12/09/the-drew-barrymore-show-taps-tiktok-star-eitan-bernath/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202210944/https://www.tubefilter.com/2020/12/09/the-drew-barrymore-show-taps-tiktok-star-eitan-bernath/ |archive-date=December 2, 2022 |access-date=December 2, 2022 |website=Tubefilter |language=en-US}}

The show was renewed again for a second season on March 17, 2021.{{Cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=March 17, 2021 |title='The Drew Barrymore Show' Renewed For Season 2 By CBS Media Ventures |url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/the-drew-barrymore-show-renewed-season-2-by-cbs-media-ventures-1234716582/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317172302/https://deadline.com/2021/03/the-drew-barrymore-show-renewed-season-2-by-cbs-media-ventures-1234716582/ |archive-date=March 17, 2021 |access-date=March 17, 2021 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} The show also announced that come its second season, it would be produced with a full-capacity audience{{Cite news |last=White |first=Peter |date=July 27, 2021 |title='The Drew Barrymore Show' Plans To Return For Season 2 With Fully Vaccinated Live Audience |work=Deadline |url=https://deadline.com/2021/07/the-drew-barrymore-show-season-2-fully-vaccinated-live-audience-1234800990/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728012734/https://deadline.com/2021/07/the-drew-barrymore-show-season-2-fully-vaccinated-live-audience-1234800990/ |archive-date=July 28, 2021}} in attendance{{Cite news |last=Juzwiak |first=Rich |date=October 15, 2021 |title=Waiting for My Flowers at The Drew Barrymore Show |work=Jezebel |url=https://jezebel.com/waiting-for-my-flowers-at-the-drew-barrymore-show-1847655070 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017093339/https://jezebel.com/waiting-for-my-flowers-at-the-drew-barrymore-show-1847655070 |archive-date=October 17, 2021}} at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York.

CBS Media Ventures announced on April 1, 2022, that the series had been renewed yet again, this time for a third season.{{Cite magazine |last=Syme |first=Rachel |date=September 13, 2022 |title=How Drew Barrymore Became a Bizarro Fixture of Daytime TV |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/how-drew-barrymore-became-a-bizarro-fixture-of-daytime-tv |url-status=live |magazine=The New Yorker |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915214357/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/how-drew-barrymore-became-a-bizarro-fixture-of-daytime-tv |archive-date=September 15, 2022 |access-date=September 16, 2022}} Beginning with the 2022–23 season, the show was reformatted into two half-hour segments that could air either contiguously or separately. With the new format, select CBS-owned stations air the first segment of Drew as a lead-out to new half-hour local 9:00 a.m. newscasts, with the second half of Drew airing later in the day and/or on their duopoly stations.{{Cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=April 1, 2022 |title='Drew Barrymore Show' Renewed Through 2022–2023 |url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/the-drew-barrymore-show-renewed-through-2022-2023-1234992785/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401222808/https://deadline.com/2022/04/the-drew-barrymore-show-renewed-through-2022-2023-1234992785/ |archive-date=April 1, 2022 |access-date=April 1, 2022 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} On January 17, 2023, the show was renewed for a fourth season.{{Cite web |last=Schneider |first=Michael |date=January 17, 2023 |title='The Drew Barrymore Show' Renewed for 2023–2024 TV Season (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/the-drew-barrymore-show-renewed-2023-2024-tv-season-1235491281/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117140136/https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/the-drew-barrymore-show-renewed-2023-2024-tv-season-1235491281/ |archive-date=January 17, 2023 |access-date=January 17, 2023 |website=Variety}}

On September 11, 2023, the show resumed episodes without writers{{cite news |last=Blake|first=Meredith|date=September 17, 2023|title=Commentary: Drew Barrymore spent years building her brand. Without writers, it unraveled in a week|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2023-09-17/drew-barrymore-show-wga-sag-aftra-strikes-apology-video-deleted-production-pause-brand|work=Los Angeles Times|location= |access-date=September 22, 2023}} and was picketed by the guild members, who saw this as Barrymore being a strikebreaker{{cite news|last1=Vick|first1=Megan|last2= Piester|first2=Lauren|date=September 14, 2023|title=Why Drew Barrymore Is Getting the Most Hate for Filming Her Talk Show During the Strikes|url=https://themessenger.com/entertainment/why-drew-barrymore-is-getting-the-most-hate-for-filming-her-talk-show-during-the-strikes|work=The Messenger|location=|access-date=September 22, 2023|archive-date=October 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004224137/https://themessenger.com/entertainment/why-drew-barrymore-is-getting-the-most-hate-for-filming-her-talk-show-during-the-strikes|url-status=dead}} during the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike.{{cite news |last=Wagmeister|first=Elizabeth|date=September 16, 2023|title=Drew Barrymore Had a Simpler Way Out of This Mess: Daytime Hosts Could Lose Their Shows if They Don't Work During a Strike|url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/drew-barrymore-daytime-talk-shows-wga-strike-1235725462/|work=Variety|location= |access-date=September 22, 2023}} Two audience members were turned away for wearing WGA pins.{{Cite web |last=Huston |first=Caitlin |date=September 11, 2023 |title='Drew Barrymore Show' Audience Members Say They Were Kicked Out for Writers Guild Support Amid Picket |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/drew-barrymore-show-audience-kicked-out-1235587064/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230911165907/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/drew-barrymore-show-audience-kicked-out-1235587064/ |archive-date=September 11, 2023 |access-date=September 11, 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}} On September 17, it was announced that the show's hiatus would resume amid the backlash.{{Cite web|url=https://tvline.com/news/drew-barrymore-talk-show-delayed-season-4-statement-writers-strike-1235044682/|title=Drew Barrymore Scraps Talk Show's Return Amid Backlash|first=Claire|last=Franken|work=TVLine|date=September 17, 2023|accessdate=September 17, 2023}} The fourth season was scheduled to premiere on October 16, 2023.{{cite web|last=Caruso|first=Nick|title=The Drew Barrymore Show Sets Season 4 Return Following Strike Snafu — Get New Premiere Date|url=https://tvline.com/news/drew-barrymore-show-season-4-release-date-1235053136/|website=TVLine|date=October 4, 2023|access-date=October 4, 2023}}{{update inline|date=January 2024}} On January 11, 2024, the show was renewed for a fifth season.{{cite web|title=The Drew Barrymore Show Renewed For Season 5|url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/the-drew-barrymore-show-renewed-season-5-1235714356/|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=January 11, 2024|access-date=January 11, 2024}} On August 22, 2024, the show was renewed for a sixth season, ahead of fifth season premiere on September 9, 2024.{{cite web|last=Rose|first=Lacey|title=The Drew Barrymore Show Snags Season 6 Renewal|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-drew-barrymore-show-renewed-cbs-1235981879/|website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=August 22, 2024|access-date=August 23, 2024}}

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The debut episode featured guest appearances by Barrymore's former co-stars Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu, and Adam Sandler.{{Cite news |last=Maas |first=Jennifer |date=September 8, 2020 |title='The Drew Barrymore Show' Premiere Will Be a 'Charlie's Angels' and '50 First Dates' Reunion |work=The Wrap |url=https://www.thewrap.com/drew-barrymore-show-charlies-angels-50-first-dates-cameron-diaz-lucy-liu-adam-sandler/ |url-status=live |access-date=October 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912184933/https://www.thewrap.com/drew-barrymore-show-charlies-angels-50-first-dates-cameron-diaz-lucy-liu-adam-sandler/ |archive-date=September 12, 2020}}

The September 25, 2020, episode featured Barrymore reuniting{{Cite news |last=Kiefer |first=Halle |date=September 25, 2020 |title=Uh Oh, Now You're Crying Watching Drew Barrymore Reunite With Her Ex-Husband Tom Green |work=Vulture |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/09/drew-barrymore-reunites-with-ex-husband-tom-green-on-show.html |url-status=live |access-date=October 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030044807/https://www.vulture.com/2020/09/drew-barrymore-reunites-with-ex-husband-tom-green-on-show.html |archive-date=October 30, 2020}} with her ex-husband Tom Green after having not spoken to each other in over 15 years.{{Cite news |last=Ryu |first=Jenny |date=September 25, 2020 |title='I cherish you': Drew Barrymore and Tom Green reunite for first time in 15 years since divorce |work=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/09/25/drew-barrymore-tom-green-reunite-divorce-marriage/3531723001/ |url-status=live |access-date=October 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101225858/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/09/25/drew-barrymore-tom-green-reunite-divorce-marriage/3531723001/ |archive-date=November 1, 2020}} The two reminisced on their time together and years apart, which made Barrymore cry after she realized how much time had passed.

The October 12, 2020, episode featured Barrymore interviewing Chloe Fineman{{Cite news |last=Furdyk |first=Brad |date=October 12, 2020 |title=Chloe Fineman Guests On 'Drew Barrymore Show' After Hilarious 'SNL' Parody |work=ET Canada |url=https://etcanada.com/news/701221/chloe-fineman-guests-on-drew-barrymore-show-after-hilarious-snl-parody/ |url-status=dead |access-date=October 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107054726/https://etcanada.com/news/701221/chloe-fineman-guests-on-drew-barrymore-show-after-hilarious-snl-parody/ |archive-date=November 7, 2020}} following Fineman's impersonation of Barrymore on the October 3, 2020, edition of Saturday Night Live.{{Cite news |date=November 18, 2020 |title=This Quirky Talk Show Scored 19% on Rotten Tomatoes—and It's the Best Thing I've Seen All Year |work=Yahoo |url=https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/quirky-talk-show-scored-19-182800726.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412090132/https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/quirky-talk-show-scored-19-182800726.html |archive-date=April 12, 2021}} Barrymore said to the second-year SNL player "I'm really nervous to meet you, I'm so excited, I'm such a fan," for which Fineman responded by saying "I'm your biggest fan, you're gonna make me cry!" Fineman added: "I mean doing you was so exciting because you were on the cover of InStyle and the impression that I did this summer started because I really wanted that shirt. It was so cute."

The CBS Television Stations group was on board to anchor the launch of The Drew Barrymore Show, including on KCBS-TV in Los Angeles and WCBS-TV in New York City. Overall, the show had been cleared to launch on stations representing 85% of U.S. TV households.{{Cite news |last=Hayes |first=Dade |date=January 21, 2020 |title='The Drew Barrymore Show' Has Been Cleared By CBS In 85% Of U.S. – NATPE |work=Deadline |url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/the-drew-barrymore-show-has-been-cleared-by-cbs-in-85-of-u-s-natpe-1202836822/ |url-status=live |access-date=October 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924151229/https://deadline.com/2020/01/the-drew-barrymore-show-has-been-cleared-by-cbs-in-85-of-u-s-natpe-1202836822/ |archive-date=September 24, 2020}}{{Cite web |title=Where to Watch |url=https://www.thedrewbarrymoreshow.com/watch-on-tv |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101003316/https://www.thedrewbarrymoreshow.com/watch-on-tv |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |access-date=October 29, 2020 |website=The Drew Barrymore Show}}

In Canada, Global announced on August 18, 2020, that they would pick up The Drew Barrymore Show, before September 14.{{Cite news |date=August 18, 2020 |title=Global Acquires New Daytime Show The Drew Barrymore Show Premiering September 14 |work=Newswire |url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/global-acquires-new-daytime-show-the-drew-barrymore-show-premiering-september-14-898652733.html |url-status=live |access-date=October 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104074606/https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/global-acquires-new-daytime-show-the-drew-barrymore-show-premiering-september-14-898652733.html |archive-date=November 4, 2020}}{{Cite news |last=Colley |first=Katie |date=September 14, 2020 |title=Drew Barrymore Is Bringing A 'Late-Night Feel' To Her New Daytime Talk Show: 'I Just Want To Have Fun' |work=ET Canada |url=https://etcanada.com/news/690919/drew-barrymore-is-bringing-a-late-night-feel-to-her-new-daytime-talk-show-i-just-want-to-have-fun/ |url-status=dead |access-date=October 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103080050/https://etcanada.com/news/690919/drew-barrymore-is-bringing-a-late-night-feel-to-her-new-daytime-talk-show-i-just-want-to-have-fun/ |archive-date=November 3, 2020}} In Australia, the show aired on pay TV channel Fox Arena before episodes became available on Paramount-affiliated 10Play It is also aired on The 10 main channel at 11am weekdays from June 3, 2024, replacing Dr.Phil.{{cite web | url=https://daytimeconfidential.com/2024/05/28/drew-barrymore-show-days-y-r-to-air-on-network-10-in-australia | title=The Drew Barrymore Show, Y&R, and DAYS to Network 10 and 10Play in Australia | date=May 28, 2024 }}

In New Zealand, it is streamable and watchable on TVNZ 2.{{Cite web |date=December 22, 2021 |title=Drew Barrymore digs deep for talk show |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/127276032/drew-barrymore-digs-deep-for-talk-show |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201051546/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/127276032/drew-barrymore-digs-deep-for-talk-show |archive-date=December 1, 2022 |access-date=December 1, 2022}} In Ireland, the show airs on RTÉ One. Elsewhere internationally, it can be streamed on Paramount+.

The premiere episode on September 14, 2020, was "a real emotional roller coaster"{{Cite news |last=Juzwiak |first=Rich |date=September 14, 2020 |title=Drew Barrymore's Talk Show Premiere Was a Real Emotional Rollercoaster |work=Jezebel |url=https://themuse.jezebel.com/drew-barrymores-talk-show-premiere-was-a-real-emotional-1845050982 |url-status=live |access-date=October 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930101357/https://themuse.jezebel.com/drew-barrymores-talk-show-premiere-was-a-real-emotional-1845050982 |archive-date=September 30, 2020}} according to Jezebel{{'}}s Rich Juzwiak. He added "The enthusiasm was massive, the veracity was questionable, the performance was distracting. She shifted gears in the next paragraph of her monologue to reintroduce herself, remind us that she is exactly who we think she is, and suggests that she's so much more. With the impassioned face of a celebrity raising funds on a telethon, Barrymore said emphatically that, 'I'm also someone who is learning all the time, and I'm so excited to figure out this thing called life with you!' Wait, that's what we're doing here?" Juzwiak also said{{Cite news |last=Juzwiak |first=Rich |date=September 18, 2020 |title=Drew Barrymore's Wild Week |work=Jezebel |url=https://themuse.jezebel.com/drew-barrymores-wild-week-1845105577 |url-status=live |access-date=October 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929212927/https://themuse.jezebel.com/drew-barrymores-wild-week-1845105577 |archive-date=September 29, 2020}} that Barrymore has been a nonstop ball of energy, which can be exhausting and endearing.

In a review of the first season, Variety{{'s}} Daniel D'Addario said{{Cite news |last=D'Addario |first=Daniel |date=September 18, 2020 |title='The Drew Barrymore Show' Is Limited by Its Host's Stardom: TV Review |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/reviews/drew-barrymore-show-review-1234773574/ |url-status=live |access-date=October 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925132703/https://variety.com/2020/tv/reviews/drew-barrymore-show-review-1234773574/ |archive-date=September 25, 2020}} that Barrymore was hampered in her first week by her reliance on celebrity friends, saying "Barrymore's show is squarely in her comfort zone, ... but—speaking as a Barrymore fan who was excited to see her in conversation—there is as yet untapped potential for her to dig deeper, to show us more of what she really believes or finds important."

In another first season review, William Hughes of The A.V. Club said{{Cite news |last=Hughes |first=William |date=September 17, 2020 |title=Drew Barrymore's talk show is so weird, it's almost hypnotic |work=AV Club |url=https://www.avclub.com/drew-barrymores-talk-show-is-so-weird-its-almost-hypno-1845100399 |url-status=live |access-date=October 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007003614/https://news.avclub.com/drew-barrymores-talk-show-is-so-weird-its-almost-hypno-1845100399 |archive-date=October 7, 2020}} that there have been two major takeaways from The Drew Barrymore Show after one week: "Drew Barrymore definitely has a lot of cool, famous friends, and Drew Barrymore sometimes acts in ways that are tremendously weird when asked to talk into a camera by herself. The combination has formed some of the most hypnotically, authentically strange TV the internet has had a chance to dine out on in a while, as Barrymore jumps between recreating famous movies she's made with her buddies, to monologuing, for minutes at a time, about her love of removing stains from T-shirts."

Tracy Moore of Vanity Fair said{{Cite magazine |last=Moore |first=Tracy |date=October 29, 2020 |title=The Low-Key Insanity of The Drew Barrymore |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/10/drew-barrymore-talk-show-review |url-status=live |magazine=Vanity Fair |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101023528/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/10/drew-barrymore-talk-show-review |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |access-date=October 31, 2020}} that it is remarkable that "something so offbeat is happening on daytime at all" of the "low-key insanity" of The Drew Barrymore Show. Moore also said of Barrymore "She cooks; she interior designs; she feels. She talks in hashtags, and casually drops quotes from Gayle King, Patti Smith, and e.e. cummings. She is, it seems, genuinely in awe of everyone and everything, a self-described 'human scrapbook of news,' a 'pop culture junkie,' a lover of people and stain removal."

Jessica Toomer of Uproxx proclaimed that 2020 was the year Drew Barrymore blew up the daytime talk show machine.{{Cite news |last=Toomer |first=Jessica |date=December 22, 2020 |title=2020 Was The Year Drew Barrymore Blew Up The Daytime Talkshow Machine |work=Uproxx |url=https://uproxx.com/tv/drew-barrymore-talk-show-2020/ |url-status=live |access-date=December 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223000028/https://uproxx.com/tv/drew-barrymore-talk-show-2020/ |archive-date=December 23, 2020}} Toomer added that "Drew Barrymore's show is all of those things. The kind of mind-numbing social experiment that rivals the frenzied delirium of a Safdie Brothers crime saga but interjects just enough PBS-after-school-special cheer to quiet the shrieking happening inside your brain as you watch. It's not pretty all the time. Sometimes, it's not even coherent. But like a 1994-era Chloë Sevigny, it's the kind of "It Girl" of the talk show universe that you just can't quite define, but know you should worship anyway."

In September 2022, The New Yorker profiled the show and its host ahead of its third-season premiere, expressing bewilderment that the show had been renewed given its ratings and commenting:

"The Drew Barrymore Show" is too chaotic and destabilizing to feel manufactured. The show's open sentimentality—and copious shed tears—are offset by its crackle of unplanned clumsiness. Bouncing off the walls one moment and breaking down the next, Barrymore seems to be barely holding on as sentiment threatens to overtake her. She is not so much revisiting her past as dragging it along like a bindle full of lessons waiting to be discovered. If her off-the-cuff irrepressibility is an act, then it's the best performance of her life.{{Cite magazine |last=Syme |first=Rachel |date=2022-09-13 |title=How Drew Barrymore Became a Bizarro Fixture of Daytime TV |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/how-drew-barrymore-became-a-bizarro-fixture-of-daytime-tv |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US |access-date=2022-09-25}}

Critical consensus was more positive after the 2022 format change, with one reviewer calling the show a "viral sensation," elaborating that "even if you are not interested in celebrities, there is a radical naivety to Barrymore ... that is joyful, unreflective and fun to watch. If you are interested in celebrities, these will be the most interesting interviews you've ever watched, with deeply personal confidences, from stars in their prime."{{Cite magazine |last=Williams |first=Zoe |date=April 18, 2023 |title=The tell-all queen of TV: how Drew Barrymore became a viral sensation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/apr/18/the-tell-all-queen-of-tv-how-drew-barrymore-became-a-viral-sensation |magazine=The Guardian |language=en-UK |access-date=April 18, 2023}}

The Drew Barrymore Show did not sustain high ratings its first season. In its first season's second week, ratings for the program were down 14%, at 600,000 viewers. Hot Bench, the show that The Drew Barrymore Show replaced in many markets, was steady at 1.7 million. According to an October 15, 2020, report{{Cite news |date=October 15, 2020 |title=DREW BARRYMORE'S TALK SHOW 'CANNOT SURVIVE,' JIMMY FALLON TRYING TO SAVE HER |work=OK Magazine |url=https://www.okmagazine.com/exclusives/drew-barrymore-talk-show-cannot-survive-jimmy-fallon-helping/ |url-status=live |access-date=November 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023021343/https://okmagazine.com/exclusives/drew-barrymore-talk-show-cannot-survive-jimmy-fallon-helping/ |archive-date=October 23, 2020}} from OK! magazine, the show had already dropped 38% in ratings since it premiered. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the ratings grew by 19 percent in households and 13 percent among women 25–54 in Nielsen's metered markets between November 2020 and February 2021.{{Cite news |last=Porter |first=Rick |date=March 17, 2021 |title=Drew Barrymore's Syndicated Talk Show Renewed for Season 2 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/drew-barrymore-syndicated-talk-show-renewed-season-2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412090548/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/drew-barrymore-syndicated-talk-show-renewed-season-2 |archive-date=April 12, 2021}}

For the second, 2021–22 season, the program drew an average of 740,000 viewers.

In the third season, ratings improved significantly, averaging 1.21 million viewers—up nearly half a million viewers year to year. The third season of the program ranked as syndication's #4 talk show.

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